Announcement trailer for "Evercore Heroes," a new title made by former Riot and EA veterans that introduces a brand new competitive genre to gaming--
the "MOCO" (Multiplayer Online Co-op)
4 teams, 4 heroes per team, each racing to complete raid dungeons the fastest.
LEAK:
Gameplay of Valve’s upcoming 6v6 4-Lane 3rd-Person Shooter MOBA—
“Deadlock,” formerly “Neon Prime.”
19+ heroes are currently playable in the Closed BETA.
Riot Games bought Wargaming’s Sydney gaming studio, the company behind World of Tanks and World of Warships, presumably for their expertise with MMO tech.
Obv the new “Riot Sydney” could be involved with League of Legends’ upcoming MMORPG.
What about a Battle Royale?
PUBG: Black Budget is reportedly "coming soon."
Extraction shooter developed w/ PUBG's gunplay in mind, by same dev Pawel "Smookie" Smolewski behind it.
2.5x2.5 km map occupied by roaming scavs and creatures, complete w/ a dynamic shrinking zone and underground boss fights.
We're assuming this is "Project T"-- RIOT's upcoming MMO-FPS game.
The name was originally leaked in a job post, then taken down. Referenced as "Unpublished R&D Product" referencing FPS since.
Has seasons, "personal quarters progression," and possibly a Destiny 2 competitor.
LEAK:
Riot Games' Forge action game for PC & Console--
"Mageseeker: League of Legends Story."
Follows the story of Sylas' prisoner uprising; their punishment-- being born mages. A rebellion amassed to topple Demacia's monarchy and demolish the nation's hierarchy of oppression.
Riot Games is working on a future title that combines elements of MMOFPS, Competitive Shooter, and Action-RPG (based on job-listing requirements).
Speculated to be a Destiny 2 competitor taking place in the Valorant's universe. Eyes are on Bungie.
SPOILER:
Arena Breakout: INFINITE raw gameplay footage.
These devs doubled down and went w/ MINIMAL UI design.
Time, Stance, and Compass are the only main things on screen.
Gunplay looks solid and has weight.
Sound is crisp and impactful.
Regular folks don’t know how huge this is.
Achieving Non-Uranium (Thorium) Reactor is basically the equivalent of a modern moon landing moment.
Decades of “global warming” fears and the need for “clean energy.” CHINA just solved it.
Thorium is also less weaponize-able.
LEAK:
Announcement trailer for "Arena Breakout: INFINITE."
Tencent's popular Realistic Mil-Sim Mobile Extraction Tactical-FPS is finally coming to PC as a brand new game.
CLOSED BETA playtest within next few weeks of Early May.
NEW AAA Sci-Fi Open-World Unreal Engine game by NCSOFT:
• 30km of seamless environment
• Designed with a unique blend of 3rd-Person Shooter and MMO
• Set for global release in 2024 for Console & PC
Project 〈LLL〉.
Gameplay reveal trailer for "FANGS," a new title made by former Riot and PUBG veterans that introduces Steve "Guinsoo" Feak's 3rd MOBA brainchild after making DotA and League of Legends.
No Lanes. No Minions. No Towers.
Best of 5 Rounds 4v4.
November 30, 2022 Release.
NO WAY THIS IS HAPPENING.
Blizzard cuts ties with Netease, to look for a new Chinese partner. Maybe Tencent? NO.
BECAUSE World of Warcraft is shutting down, Tencent uses the time to announces a new WOW CLONE. Now it makes sense, why Blizzard scrambled back to Netease LAST WEEK.
This "Bodycam" game looks INSANE.
Early Access releases ~10hrs from now.
Developed by 2 French developers Luca and Leo (17 and 20 years old respectively).
Posting some Deadlock spoilers in a bit.
-- VALVE’s upcoming 6v6 4-Lane 3rd-Person MOBA-Shooter --
This is the first post re: their 19 characters in hero-select:
LEAK:
BATTLEFIELD Battle Royale -- Operation Firestorm 🔥
• Oversight System: dead teammates use cameras/drones/turrets
• Shakedown knocked players reveals enemy team
• 1 free respawn
• Ring of Fire destroys structures
• Solo/Duo/Squad
• Free-to-Play before March 2026
The PUBG Private Server team is working on bringing back the 2019 PUBG for their next project.
This means: OLD PUBG FPS animations.
TBF, I was never a fan of the newer CoD-like shaky animations.
PUBG's guns were meant to depict an older, heavier, rugged, and more Russian feel.
There are currently 158 players testing Valve's new 3rd-Person MOBA-Shooter, "Deadlock" at the moment.
Can also confirm that "Citadel" was one of its early monikers.
There is RANKED mode, so looks like it could be an esports-focused/competitive game.
League of Legends LEAK:
• ~Jan 7th, 1hr announcement stream featuring: Zeri-- a humanoid Zaun ADC, an "electrifying marksman" with unique auto-attacks and a relation to gold.
• Support ~ a month after
• Void monster Jungler
• Shurima Tank
*~7 new champs by the end of 2022.
Rumor:
#Valorant's battle royale is being tested by a small group of players as of last week.
In any case, it's confirmed there's some kind of exclusive testing with the Chinese players atm.
Microsoft already lost to a similar, but smaller war years ago and ended up adopting the open-source model and now 96% of the Internet is built on “communism.”
PUBG 2.0 is coming.
New KRAFTON earnings call.
This is the first time they use the term like this.
- UE5
- User-Generated Content (soft-modding)
- “Well-made Mode”
KRAFTON's new 5v5 team-based PvP top-down strategy-shooter, by the ARC Team at PUBG Studios--
"PUBG: Blindspot."
• 10 characters
• 3 deathmatch maps
• 4 "demolition" maps
good name
Übermensch was German philosopher, Nietzsche's name for the "Neos" who free society from totalitarianism.
He loathed anti-semitism and nationalism-- herd mentalities.
After death, it was his sister… an extremist, who distorted his works to back Nationalist-Socialism.
also:
Described as Counter-Strike meets Battle Royale, the new Islands of Nyne, now "STELLARUM" announces some bold new moves:
• skin-trading on BOTH Steam and Epic Games
• optimized for "regardless of hardware"
• and a high-fidelity asset overhaul
Free Release. 2025 Earliest.🔥
Does KRAFTON hate Haven or what.
When's that map coming back, why not Arcade mode? It's only 32 players.
Could literally be PUBG's version of Swiftplay.
Found this Deadlock lobby background and soundtrack for those curious.
Eerie, ominous, deep, and haunting.
Really cool.
Uploaded a 1 hour ver. below, bec I use the YouTube app to listen to songs and don't have loop-video.
GUINSOO announces his new MOBA: FANGS.
Last month, his former DotA partner IceFrog (now Dota2 lead) is leaked to be making a new game: "NEON PRIME."
Even after 10 yrs, the rivalry between these two veterans, and at large Dota2 vs League of Legends rages on into a new chapter.
Dataminer's progress on rebuilding Early Access PUBG--
"PUBG2017PS" coming soon.
• This will specifically be:
PUBG ver 2.1.38 added on March 30, 2017, when OCE and SA servers got added for the first time.
• Free to Play
• Donationware
• Weekly/Monthly Tournaments
ISLANDS OF NYNE, the first-person shooter Battle Royale that closed back in 2018 is looking to make a return as
"STELLARIUM" by new studio NEISS.
• Free to Play
• UE 5.4
• Releasing on Steam and Epic Games Store
The ORIGINAL Super People is officially coming back!
After seeing the negative player feedback on their horror extraction game "World of the Dead,"
SP1 will return first half of 2025.
They were traumatized by the financial struggles of running SP1.
This move is welcomed!
New Black Myth: Wukong trailer just dropped in SUMMER GAME FEST 2024!
They used the same soundtrack of a classic live-action 1986 TV show-- "Journey to the West" (same title as the book source material).
Arena Breakout: INFINITE got added to STEAM ~2hrs ago! Don't forget to add to Wishlist!
Tencent's new PC Free-to-Play Realistic Mil-Sim Extraction Tactical-FPS.
"Breach the Dark Zone."
SUPER PEOPLE is announced to be returning June 2025 as an "upgraded Closed Beta Test!"
Director's letter promising to bring the game back in the first half 2025!
Hur Min from Wonder People, also founder of NEOPLE (if you're familiar w/ the now NEXON owned Dungeon Fighter IP).
wait, this new PUBG 32.1 Patch is like huge.
• Revive is now every 2min 30 seconds
• Weapon Rebalance
• Loot Change
• Muzzle Break Nerf
• Visible team Blue Chips
• Zone Behavior Change
• 4x P90 Ranked Skins
• Radio Message - Wheel w/ Emoji system
• And ofc servers are getting deleted and combined (NA+SA = Americas, Japan and Korea removed, Oceania removed)
Demo video for a new fast paced action-combat competitive 3rd-Person Shooter, being made by a small indie team--
"Duelista."
Heavily inspired by arguably one of the highest skill-cap games of all time-- "GunZ: The Duel," including a demo mimicking its "Butterfly" movement.
PUBG AI Overlays, Future of Gaming?
Imagine a solo game-dev or small team, developing a half-done greybox w/ untextured models and filling in the rest.
Super People announces that it's shutting down on August 21st, 2023; attributing this decision to player-base decline.
The Battle Royale game's download and payment systems will be disabled on May 23rd, 2023.
Riot Games' League of Legends is releasing a mini-Battle Royale in Summer 2023:
◈ 4-way
◈ Champions gain levels, items, and augments
◈ Augments can turn a melee champion ranged, borrow other champion abilities, and more
Gameplay loop seems like PUBG's Vostok Arena Mode
Merry Christmas Eve all.
The “PUBG2017PS” private server launches tmr Christmas.
An ambitious recreation of PUBG’s Early Access glory days; and the passion project of a team of Russian, Ukrainian friends.
• Custom Game Launcher
• Private Server
• OG PUBG
Keep You Updated.
Wonder People, the studio behind Super People - Battle Royale is set to go bankrupt after Feb. 2023.
The game was in development for 5 yrs.
The CEO, Hu-min has 4,000 hrs in PUBG and spent ~$800k on the project.
Same person behind the creation of the Dungeon Fighter franchise.
There's a rumor Riot Games’ Project T — a MMO-FPS featuring “seasons” and “personal quarter progression” — recently held a CLOSED PLAYTEST.
Believed to be a VALORANT IP - EXTRACTION FPS.
If real:
it may be the same project Riot Ziegler led before leaving for Bungie's MARATHON.
Assuming Arena Breakout: INFINITE is a solid game, I’ll prolly be covering mostly ABI news stuff from here on out.
If you didn’t already, here is the BETA signup: arenabreakoutinfinite.com/en…
It is also on Steam to wishlist.
NEW:
KRAFTON's recent earnings call announces a flurry of upcoming PUBG IP Universe games.
Incl:
• PUBG: BLACK BUDGET-- a PC Extraction shooter
• PUBG: Blindspot-- a new Top-Down Tactical Shooter
• PUBG: Valor-- a new Console Battle Royale
and a new casual Mobile project
Korean government is cracking down on KRAFTON (behind PUBG) for it's sus monetization model, specifically loot crates.
KR's equivalent of Federal Trade Commission.
They raided the office.
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KRAFTON - NEW:
• PUBG 2.0 looks pretty locked-in to me
• PALWORLD MOBILE - Alpha soon!
• English, Korean, Chinese AI-companions hitting Battlegrounds next year-- #PUBGALLY
• PUBG (BGMI) is getting some anime shorts
They'll be at Korea's ver of Game Awards-- "G-Star 2025."
Got a response from the writer of this PUBG2 TechCrunch article.
They confirmed Goldman Sachs is referring to PUBG PC.
And is referring to a major revamp to Battlegrounds w/ an Engine Upgrade to the original game dubbed "PUBG 2.0" to mark the beginning of that journey.
TechCrunch spotted a note by US bank Goldman Sachs affirming PUBG 2.0 revamp on Unreal Engine 5.
Also I can’t find the “note.”
They also specifically pointed to PUBG Mobile, but I’m pretty sure that’s just general confusion between the Tencent game and PC by mainstream news.
Okay, apparently Chinese PUBG Mobile is releasing for PC w/ an official emulator (which is why they did a realistic map overhaul).
Going to download and test it for myself.
NEW Battle Royale, Skyscraper drops its first video gameplay footage:
• Play as Hikers competing in a Los Mardres death game
• Search Phase: loot Supply Boxes
• Hunt Phase: kill players to extend your lifetime
• Parkour, zip-lines, and grappling-hooks
• "Battle Gears"
Turns out PUBG's new Aston Martin skin is Pay-to-Lose in some situations.
The lower-body of the vehicle skin (which is why it blocks grenades) renders the car incompetent for crossing Military Island's bridges.
Posted on Korea's Reddit-like Naver Cafe: cafe.naver.com/playbattlegro…
KRAFTON's generative AI - PUBG Ally system.
Play PUBG like a single-player game💀💀💀
Arena Breakout: INFINITE added the "AI Companion" system 4 months ago, this def is not the "world's first co-playable character."
Damn.
Why doesn’t the government do this for real life investors buying up houses, like Pokémon cards and leave them empty.
Good for general game health, better prices, more accessibility to new players.
Still talking about U.S. home crisis ofc.
PUBG just announced that they will be removing Tactical Gears from the game this year September!
In recent community live-stream, it's in Korean though; but I'm sure there will be an EN post soon: piped.video/live/fHi1dm3DQ-4…
1. PUBG: Black Budget OPEN-BETA before end of 2025.
(New Extraction-Shooter game made by Amsterdam and Seoul teams)
2. PUBG: Project Valor is Console Battle Royale made by the PUBG US - Madison team (hello Dave Curd).
RUST, the multiplayer survival game by Facepunch Studios is reportedly getting a MOBILE game that will be announced by end of this year.
Made by Level Infinite— same behind PIBG Mobile, Honor of Kings, Arena Breakout, GTFO, V Rising, Cycle Frontier, Tower of Fantasy, and more.
gentlemen. i have news.
it's ready.
but grass f*cks w/ performance.
the first map environment iteration for #ProjectGlade
no houses yet, unoptimized, and laggy af.
great start.
😎😎😎
PUBG: Battlegrounds to integrate NFTs in 2023
◈ Blockchain side will be handled by reward-based platform: Banger Games
◈ ALPHA test w/ rewards for game modes
Battlegrounds' abandoned hardcore Steam skin-trading community puts it in a unique position to adopt this new model.
League of Legends Season 2 WORLDS champion: Kurtis “Toyz” Lau is sentenced 4 yrs + 2 months in prison.
• 6 crimes, incl. drug trafficking
• An esports legend that defied the odds vs Korea & Russia's best
• Riot's 2016 music video pays tribute to his S2 wrist injury retirement
RUMOR:
Epic Games, behind Fortnite, is working on new First-Person Shooter game.
In 2019, Jason West came out of retirement and joined the company (co-founder of Call of Duty's Infinity Ward and Apex Legends' Respawn Ent.).
Titanfall's main designers also recently joined.
Riot is laying off 11% of its staff globally.
This isn't about shareholders/quarterly numbers, but over-hiring and juggling many projects.
• Legends of Runeterra (card game) is shifting a popular PvE focus.
• Forge (behind their indie-partnered story games) is shutting down.
Guy tries to dodge South Korea's mandatory military service bec "I am against violence and war."
Supreme Court doesn't believe him bec he plays PUBG: Battlegrounds.
😅
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